Can project-based learning help close the achievement gap? New research focused on young elementary schoolers suggests that a well-designed and well-taught project-based-learning curriculum can help ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...

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Students begin preparing for life after graduation the moment they step on campus their first year. Their time as undergraduates is valuable and limited—in just a few short years, they will prepare ...

Elementary school students in Illinois whose teachers used a project-based-learning curriculum had stronger scores on a math test that measured problem solving than their peers from more-traditional ...

A new charter school, WYLEES, opens in a Las Vegas mall, offering project-based learning tailored to students' interests.

At Baker Demonstration School, an independent PreK-8 school in Wilmette, project-based learning is at the core of the curriculum. Through a progressive, inquiry-based education, children collaborate ...

NEWARK ― Par Excellence Academy will be getting pickleball and four square courts, thanks to a project designed by third and fourth graders as part of the community school's commitment to STEM. Last ...

Heather B. Hayes has been covering technology, business and education topics for more than 20 years and has written more than 2,000 published articles. She lives in Virginia. When Kimberly ...

Much of the attention the Minerva Project received around its much-watched launch in 2012 focused on the start-up’s lofty goal of creating an elite “Ivy League 2.0” university, with top ...

More Houston ISD students could soon show mastery in a subject by completing hands-on projects rather than taking pen-and-paper quizzes. Schools across the district, especially Vanguard schools that ...

Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores? Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group ...